JFK’s Words in today’s troubled times
Friday, 21 January 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Fifty years after John F. Kennedy summoned Americans to a new generation of leadership and patriotism, one thing is clear: This is no age of Camelot...
The Death of Pakistan?
Friday, 21 January 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
This is a tipping point for Pakistan. Will it survive the current maelstrom of challenges – exemplified by the recent assassination of Governor Salmaan Taseer of Punjab by one of his bodyguards, an Islamic zealot – or will it capsize? ...
Building A single digital market
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The Digital Agenda for Europe 2010-2020 aims to contribute significantly to the EU’s economic growth and to spread the benefits of the digital era to all the sections in society. ...
A Gale in an espresso cup
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The root cause of the problem is that cabinet ministers have been receiving their pay increase as members of parliament (not as ministers) for the last couple of years, straight after the decision was taken...
The Best investments
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
On the eastern edge of Kolkata, Dulu Bibi, a25-year-old mother of four, worries about the cost of treating her two sick boys. Her husband earns 80-90 rupees (€1.40) a day...
It’s Crunch time for IVF
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Government will surely pass the Bill on biotechnology during 2011. At this stage one will have to accept certain facts. But if these are not cleared, both state and faith have something to lose...
The Oil mystery has thickened further
Tuesday, 18 January 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The whole oil saga started when a local newspaper revealed that four neighbour countries – two EU member states and two North African countries – had reclaimed waters that up to a certain point had been considered as Maltese...
Urbanising China
Monday, 17 January 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
But it is still unsatisfactory, because most other countries at a similar stage of development experienced faster urbanisation than industrialisation...
Three Politicians
Monday, 17 January 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
I shall begin by paying tribute to former Labour Minister Philip Muscat. As former President of the Students’ Representative Council and Kunsill Studenti Universitarji, I had between 1977 and 1979 various occasions where I could meet Philip face to face....